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  • From: "Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>
  • To: "'Tom Karches'" <tkarches AT gmail.com>, "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Anyone using the Blackberry 7100?
  • Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 09:25:08 -0400

> First, I don't understand why you are being forced to change your
> phone. If it is a GSM phone, it should just work. The most you should
> have to do is get it unlocked. Have they (Cingular or Suncom)
> specifically told you it would not work, or that they would not
> support it. Those are 2 very different things.

Yes I asked them the same thing. Its locked for AT&T network only. The
Cingular guy put his SIM in it yesterday and it wouldn't work. I don't know
how to unlock it and Suncom apparently doesn't do data. Anyone know how to
go about unlocking it?

>
> My understanding of how the Blackberry operates is that to take
> advantage of the push mail features, it requires its' own special back
> end server. which comes at an additional cost.It may not work with
> regular email accounts.

Yeah, I've heard that one too. I'm fine using my web client on the road.

> The problem I have with the Treo is the size. I don't consider it a
> comfortable size for a device that I would carry everywhere.

I have a problem with that as well but I find myself using the data so much
that I've decided I'm willing to carry more phone in exchange for more
keyboard.






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